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Once a children's delight in hundreds of towns and cities, carousels in the U.S. now number fewer than 100. Amusement parks have been replacing costly old carousels with modern plastic and aluminum rides that are both peppier and easier to maintain. Carousels, meanwhile, are chopped up, their horses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Carousels Preserved | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

The group will be on the lookout for melodious menageries that may be headed for the electric saw. Is there still room in the American imagination for the quaint, circling beauty of a carousel aglitter with colored glass and alive with organ music? "The carousel is an art form," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Carousels Preserved | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

Shortly after an English couple finished a hearty breakfast in Guernsey last month, both went into comas; the fried mushrooms they had eaten were of the poisonous variety known as death cup. Flown to King's College Hospital in London, they were rushed to a section called the liver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Liver Machine | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

I Ecology--The Charles River and its shores, just beginning to recover some of their lost beauty, will be crowded by tourists munching fried food. Furthermore, the building of prime riverfront real estate to accomodate library visitors will block the community from its rightful access to the Charles.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kennedy Library | 10/11/1973 | See Source »

He simultaneously developed a reputation for clout in the dining room. A typical Ruthian breakfast: a porterhouse steak, four fried eggs and a large portion of fried potatoes, washed down with a pot of coffee and a pint of bourbon. Between games of a doubleheader, he would mix a quart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ruth: The Game's Slugging Legend | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

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